My (non bicycle) ride today

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Peteaud

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South Somerset
Today we went back in time...

1st was to the 1950's on The West somerset Railway, from Bishops Lydeard to Minehead. We got off at Dunster and walked up to the Medieval village to have coffee, hot chocolate and cream scones :hungry: then back down to the Railway station and caught the train back.

Fantastic day.

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Link to the Train site :- http://westsomersetrailway.vticket.co.uk/
 
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welsh dragon

Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
Very nice pictures. Thanks for sharing them
 
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Peteaud

Peteaud

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South Somerset
Harumph. I've never managed to combine a trip on the railway with a sunny day. *sulks*

I have to confess, after living in Somerset for the last 3 and 1/2 years it is the 1st time we have been on the railway.
It won't be the last.

Really enjoyed it and well worth it. Dunster was not busy, but Minehead was heaving by all accounts.

I also have a thing for Exmoor so the blue skies made all the difference.
 
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Peteaud

Peteaud

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South Somerset
Lyme Regis had a railway once.

The station was moved, and is now in Alresford!!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyme_Regis_railway_station
 

Archeress

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Bristol
I used to rent the annexe of a bungalow right beside the line about half a mile north of Stogumber Station. The line ran about 20 yards from my kitchen window. I lived there in the mid nineties, after graduating from UMIST with a degree in paper making and worked in the paper mill in Watchet. The engines were the bane of our lives in the summer as the line would run round the perimeter of the mill and sparks from the stack would float into the stock yard setting fire to bales of waste paper awaiting recycling.

Hugs
Archeress x
 
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